Early the next morning, Mengyao and I walked around the village under the leadership of the old village chief.
A small mountain village surrounded by mountains
There is no plan. Large or small loess brick houses are casually spreading the entire village one by one in the east and one by one. The mottled exterior walls of the houses are washed out from the ravines by rain, silently telling the ancient and vicissitudes here.
There is a large yard outside each house, either surrounded by thorns or fences made of wood.
The stone-paved paths connect these yards in all directions
There are tall trees and short shrubs everywhere in the village. The cries of insects and birds are heard from time to time. The air is extremely fresh, making people feel very relaxed and happy.
The village is rectangular and east-west, with more than 300 households and nearly 1,000 people
There is a very high mountain at the west end of the village. There is a mountain lake 5 or 6 miles from the mountain stream road to the north. It is very beautiful.
There is a water well to the south of the village. The whole village uses water here for drinking and washing. Walking through the water well is the small way to enter the village when we came.
The east side of the village is relatively flat, with an open forest. Behind the forest is also a rolling mountain range, with rich herbs, wild fruit trees and a wide variety of wild animals.
The school is located on the easternmost side of the small mountain village, and is a temple that was rebuilt from unknown time.
We walked in and saw that the walls had collapsed and were much bigger. Under the light-transmitting ceiling, there was a large door panel that I didn't know where I was dismantled. It was covered with black pot bottom ash, which was considered a blackboard.
In front of the blackboard is a platform built with yellow mud bricks. A wooden board is built on it. Even if it is a podium, the student desk under the podium can barely be seen, but there is no chair.
Seeing such a difficult environment, Mengyao and I felt a little uncomfortable
The people in the village are very friendly and kind when we meet us, they greet us with a smile. They call us Teacher Liu and Teacher Tong, and we also respond kindly to their kindness.
Time flies quickly. In the blink of an eye, it has been more than half a month since Mengyao and I arrived in the village.
Seeing that the dilapidated school building could not be used, I was anxious
Those children who should have come back to class after summer vacation have washed away the classroom that could still be used because of a heavy rain in the summer.
After all, it has been a while since school started, but the classroom has not been renovated. I thought to myself that I cannot be a mistake for my child's studies, and I must find a way to solve it.
The current situation at that time was really helpless. The county we are in was a well-known poor county in the country. It has many mountains and few lands and no characteristic industries. The transportation and information were even more inconvenient. Back then, this poor county had reached the point where it was waiting for the state to allocate funds and provide relief every year.
The countryside we teach is the poorest place in the county
In order to repair the school building, Mengyao and the old village chief, I went to the county many times, but in the end, they paid us back because we didn't have the funds or were short of funds or other reasons such as funding.
If the school cannot teach, it will not be able to complete the task assigned to us by the state. The national policy is to improve basic education in remote mountainous areas in the west, so that the children here can have books and learn.
At the same time, change the poverty and backward situation here
On the one hand, it can bring light and hope to children, and at the same time, it can also exercise their social practice ability and public expression ability. Moreover, when communicating with children, you can gain a spiritual cultivation.
It is not the amount of knowledge gained. What is important is to let children's eyes see the outside world through us and experience a kind of love that can be deeply felt without words.
Seeing that the second half of the semester is halfway through, waiting for death is not a solution. Since the government cannot afford the money, we can only think of a solution ourselves.
My initial plan is to raise some money and then ask the old village chief to organize some people to go up the mountain to cut some wood and mine some stones
Wood can be made into beams, or you can find carpenters to capitalize seats and benches.
As for stones, what can be used to lay walls and floors?
With building materials, some of the remaining teaching essentials can be done with money.
Regarding the money raising, I only discussed it with Mengyao. Without any hesitation, she took out the thousands of dollars in her hand, and I also dedicated the hundreds of dollars in her hand.
As for the old village chief, Mengyao and I didn't force us
Although the old village chief works as a part-time teacher, the village has never offered him a salary. To put it bluntly, it is all obligation, and the village really can't afford the money.
The old village chief is an old party member because he has never made any requests to the government for this matter.
I understand in my heart that the reason he voluntarily teaches is entirely for the children here, and for the sake of making this place rich through education
If the old village chief still has some salary, after all, he is the village chief. The township government pays less than 1,000 yuan a month, and it is not even enough to support a family. Not to mention having enough money to build a school building, how can Mengyao and I bear to let him bear the burden with this situation?
I told the old man about the specific situation and got his response. Although he wanted to pay for some money, Mengyao and I stopped him.
The next step is to follow my plan and follow my estimate to complete the campus repair work in about half a month.
The construction started as soon as possible. The next morning, the old village chief led a large group of people to the construction site. The division of labor was very clear. A group of villagers who had worked as carpenters went up the mountain to cut down shrubs and found suitable wood to make seats. A group of villagers with bricklayer experience were responsible for quarry building walls, and some laborers were responsible for cleaning and handling, etc.
Mengyao and I were responsible for traveling to the town to buy some building materials and school teaching necessities
After another half a month of busy work, our campus was repaired within the scheduled time and it will be officially used after waiting for a few days.
A small mountain village surrounded by mountains
There is no plan. Large or small loess brick houses are casually spreading the entire village one by one in the east and one by one. The mottled exterior walls of the houses are washed out from the ravines by rain, silently telling the ancient and vicissitudes here.
There is a large yard outside each house, either surrounded by thorns or fences made of wood.
The stone-paved paths connect these yards in all directions
There are tall trees and short shrubs everywhere in the village. The cries of insects and birds are heard from time to time. The air is extremely fresh, making people feel very relaxed and happy.
The village is rectangular and east-west, with more than 300 households and nearly 1,000 people
There is a very high mountain at the west end of the village. There is a mountain lake 5 or 6 miles from the mountain stream road to the north. It is very beautiful.
There is a water well to the south of the village. The whole village uses water here for drinking and washing. Walking through the water well is the small way to enter the village when we came.
The east side of the village is relatively flat, with an open forest. Behind the forest is also a rolling mountain range, with rich herbs, wild fruit trees and a wide variety of wild animals.
The school is located on the easternmost side of the small mountain village, and is a temple that was rebuilt from unknown time.
We walked in and saw that the walls had collapsed and were much bigger. Under the light-transmitting ceiling, there was a large door panel that I didn't know where I was dismantled. It was covered with black pot bottom ash, which was considered a blackboard.
In front of the blackboard is a platform built with yellow mud bricks. A wooden board is built on it. Even if it is a podium, the student desk under the podium can barely be seen, but there is no chair.
Seeing such a difficult environment, Mengyao and I felt a little uncomfortable
The people in the village are very friendly and kind when we meet us, they greet us with a smile. They call us Teacher Liu and Teacher Tong, and we also respond kindly to their kindness.
Time flies quickly. In the blink of an eye, it has been more than half a month since Mengyao and I arrived in the village.
Seeing that the dilapidated school building could not be used, I was anxious
Those children who should have come back to class after summer vacation have washed away the classroom that could still be used because of a heavy rain in the summer.
After all, it has been a while since school started, but the classroom has not been renovated. I thought to myself that I cannot be a mistake for my child's studies, and I must find a way to solve it.
The current situation at that time was really helpless. The county we are in was a well-known poor county in the country. It has many mountains and few lands and no characteristic industries. The transportation and information were even more inconvenient. Back then, this poor county had reached the point where it was waiting for the state to allocate funds and provide relief every year.
The countryside we teach is the poorest place in the county
In order to repair the school building, Mengyao and the old village chief, I went to the county many times, but in the end, they paid us back because we didn't have the funds or were short of funds or other reasons such as funding.
If the school cannot teach, it will not be able to complete the task assigned to us by the state. The national policy is to improve basic education in remote mountainous areas in the west, so that the children here can have books and learn.
At the same time, change the poverty and backward situation here
On the one hand, it can bring light and hope to children, and at the same time, it can also exercise their social practice ability and public expression ability. Moreover, when communicating with children, you can gain a spiritual cultivation.
It is not the amount of knowledge gained. What is important is to let children's eyes see the outside world through us and experience a kind of love that can be deeply felt without words.
Seeing that the second half of the semester is halfway through, waiting for death is not a solution. Since the government cannot afford the money, we can only think of a solution ourselves.
My initial plan is to raise some money and then ask the old village chief to organize some people to go up the mountain to cut some wood and mine some stones
Wood can be made into beams, or you can find carpenters to capitalize seats and benches.
As for stones, what can be used to lay walls and floors?
With building materials, some of the remaining teaching essentials can be done with money.
Regarding the money raising, I only discussed it with Mengyao. Without any hesitation, she took out the thousands of dollars in her hand, and I also dedicated the hundreds of dollars in her hand.
As for the old village chief, Mengyao and I didn't force us
Although the old village chief works as a part-time teacher, the village has never offered him a salary. To put it bluntly, it is all obligation, and the village really can't afford the money.
The old village chief is an old party member because he has never made any requests to the government for this matter.
I understand in my heart that the reason he voluntarily teaches is entirely for the children here, and for the sake of making this place rich through education
If the old village chief still has some salary, after all, he is the village chief. The township government pays less than 1,000 yuan a month, and it is not even enough to support a family. Not to mention having enough money to build a school building, how can Mengyao and I bear to let him bear the burden with this situation?
I told the old man about the specific situation and got his response. Although he wanted to pay for some money, Mengyao and I stopped him.
The next step is to follow my plan and follow my estimate to complete the campus repair work in about half a month.
The construction started as soon as possible. The next morning, the old village chief led a large group of people to the construction site. The division of labor was very clear. A group of villagers who had worked as carpenters went up the mountain to cut down shrubs and found suitable wood to make seats. A group of villagers with bricklayer experience were responsible for quarry building walls, and some laborers were responsible for cleaning and handling, etc.
Mengyao and I were responsible for traveling to the town to buy some building materials and school teaching necessities
After another half a month of busy work, our campus was repaired within the scheduled time and it will be officially used after waiting for a few days.
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